Osprey's study of infantry tactics of the squads and platoons of World War II (1939-1945). Despit...

Determined to learn from the lessons of World War I where it was unprepared and heavily reliant o...

'Examines the geography of the Holy Lands and the great nations that ruled them.'--Provided by pu...

This title is the first of two volumes examining the artillery equipment of the British forces du...

In the last years of his reign Henry VIII needed a radically modern system of defense to protect ...

There were many elements to British Napoleonic naval success but one of the key factors was gunne...

The rapid development of the tank as an offensive weapon following its introduction in World War ...

The development of the city-state in the Classical period of Greek history ensured a shift in the...

In 1585, the English launched a pre-emptive strike against Spain, by attacking her New World colo...

Siege machinery first appeared in the West during the Carthaginian invasion of Sicily in the late...

World War I is often deemed to have been 'a war of artillery', and British heavy artillery played...

Chariots, the first mobile fighting vehicle, seem to have originated in Mesopotamia in the third ...

In April 1862, the stage was set for one of the greatest locomotive chases in history. Union forc...

In May 1943, a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation...

Discover where events in the Old and New Testaments took place and see how people lived in Biblic...

During the Old and Middle Kingdoms, Ancient Egypt led the world in the construction of fortificat...

Following on from the first volume covering British Napoleonic Artillery, this volume concentrate...

The North Vietnamese Army is often forgotten by the histories of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Com...

With the vast expansion of the Roman Empire came a need for more and more fortifications to defen...

The M4 Medium Tank - the Sherman - was one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. It w...

The US Army's development of the 37mm anti-tank gun began in response to needs identified during ...

In 1965, soon after the first US combat troops had arrived in Vietnam, it was realized that in so...

Panzer warfare is synonymous with the Wehrmacht of World War II. This book examines the story of ...

The design development and combat history of some of the most technologically advanced fortress n...

Osprey's study of the Military Assistance Command of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). In 1964 Militar...

From June 1941, the Soviets were forced to undertake large-scale defensive operations in the face...

From the beginning of the 11th century onwards, the constant sate of war amongst the various Indi...

First besieged in 305 BC, the island of Rhodes became part of the Roman Empire and was later fort...

In 1914 the artillery of Britain's 'Field Army' encompassed those weapons judged to have sufficie...

In the wake of the bloody civil war that followed Finland's independence from Russia in 1917, the...

Two major Army units operated in the Pacific - the 11th Airborne Division and the 503rd Parachute...

The Austrian artillery of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was a creation of the renowned Li...

The concept of a legionary fortress as a permanent structure dates from the reign of Augustus (27...

This book discusses the concept of the Battlekreuzer. The German Großerkreuzers, as they were kno...

In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migra...

'New France' consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th t...

Featuring illustrations throughout, this concise volume explores the development of the fortress ...

On 29 October 1891, the new forts built around the cities of Liège and Namur, known as the 'forts...

'New France' consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th t...

At the beginning of the English Civil War it was clear that artillery was to play a significant p...

The catapult (katapeltikon) was invented under the patronage of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse, ...